Of course you can always just block absolute.com at the router level and get it added to pr0n filters in general.
On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 7:33 PM, Michael Torrie <torr...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 03/22/2014 07:29 PM, Michael Torrie wrote: > > Moral of the story, don't ever buy used laptops. Always run Linux. And > > even on a new laptop, check the BIOS to see if Computrace is enabled. > > If it is, return it. There are reports of several cases where this > > feature was activated on new machines without the owner's consent. > > Absolute.com has not proved responsive to these users either. If it's > > enabled and you are running Windows > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > Forgot to finish that thought. If it's enabled in the BIOS and > activated, whenever you are running Windows, it's checking in with > Absolute.com. > > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
